List of Arrow Development rides
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The following is a list of amusement rides manufactured by the now-defunct
Arrow Development Arrow Development was an amusement park ride and roller coaster design and manufacturing company, incorporated in California on November 16, 1945, and based in Mountain View. It was founded by Angus "Andy" Anderson, Karl Bacon, William Hardiman ...
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Arrow Dynamics Arrow Dynamics was an American manufacturing and engineering company that specialized in designing and building amusement park rides, especially roller coasters. Based in Clearfield, Utah, the company was the successor to Arrow Development (194 ...
. The company changed names and ownership four times between 1945 and 2002, operating as Arrow Development from 1945 to 1981, Arrow-Huss from 1981 to 1984, and as Arrow Dynamics from 1986 to 2001. The remaining assets were purchased by S&S on October 28, 2002. In November 2012, Sansei Yusoki Co. Ltd, acquired controlling interest in S&S and renamed itself S&S Sansei Technologies.


List of roller coasters

As of 2019, the company has built 102 roller coasters around the world.


Thrill rides


Carousels


Narrow gauge/miniature trains


Car rides


Flume and other boat rides


Other rides

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Blackpool Pleasure Beach Blackpool Pleasure Beach is an amusement park situated on Blackpool's South Shore, in the county of Lancashire, North West England. It operates as a secure facility, and has introduced epayments via smartphones for admission charges, replac ...
, , , Housed in 10,000 square-foot stone castle. First Arrow ride outside of the United States. , - , Anheuser-Busch Skyrail , Suspended Monorail , Busch Gardens Los Angeles , , , long. Attraction ended in a beer garden with birds, a boat ride, and beer pavilions. Arrow only fabricated the attraction's cars. , - , Blackbeard's Revenge , Madhouse , Carowinds , , , Originally made its debut at the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition. Removed for addition of ''Nickelodeon Flying Super Saturator''. , - , Earthquake , Dark Ride , Cedar Point , , , Based on the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Relocated from Freedomland U.S.A. Originally intended to open at Cedar Point in 1964 but delayed due to a transportation worker strike. Replaced with ''Berenstein Bear Country''. , - , Pirate Ride , Dark Ride , Cedar Point , , , Relocated from Freedomland U.S.A. Building is still standing and now used for storage. Some figures from the attraction remain at the park and are used as
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decorations. , - , Space Whirl , Tea Cup ,
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. , - , Bat Cave , Dark Ride ,
Coney Island (Cincinnati, Ohio) Coney Island is a water park located on the banks of the Ohio River in Cincinnati, Ohio, approximately east of the downtown area in Anderson Township. One of its notable features is its Sunlite Pool attraction, which is the largest recirculati ...
, , , Originally opened as ''The Spook'' before being re-themed in 1966. Dark ride with a series of comical and scary stunts. Four-seat cars resembled old-time automobiles. , - , {Sort, Lil Belle , Stern Wheel Paddleboat , Peralta Playland, Oakland, California , , , , - , Snowball , Tea Cup , Santa's Village , , , , - , Space Whirl , Tea Cup ,
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. , - , Danny the Dragon , Tram , Freedomland U.S.A. , , , Motorized scenic ride with cars shaped like a dragon. Freedomland received two dragons. The green Danny was relocated to The Great Escape and Hurricane Harbor, Great Escape. Nothing has been found about the red Danny. , - , Lost Dutchman , Dark Ride , Frontier Village , , , Originally known as ''The Lost Frontier Mine''. Dark ride with blacklight lit interiors. , - , Danny the Dragon , Tram , The Great Escape and Hurricane Harbor, Great Escape , , , Motorized scenic ride with cars shaped like a dragon. Relocated from Freedomland U.S.A. , - , Spacewhirl , Spacewhirl/Teacup , Seattle World's Fair , , , , - , Tales of the Okefenokee , Dark Ride , Six Flags Over Georgia , , Closed , Replaced in 1980 by Monster Plantation. Monster Plantation continues to run on the original track. , - , Cup and Saucer , Spacewhirl/Teacup , Six Flags AstroWorld, Astroworld , , , , - , Sombrero , Tea Cup , Knott's Berry Farm , , , , - , Haunted Castle , Dark Ride , Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz Beach-Boardwalk , , , Remodeled/rebuilt 2010 , - , Kooky Castle? , Dark Ride , Pontchartrain Beach , , , , - , Hershey's Chocolate Tour , Special Systems , Hershey, Pennsylvania , , , , - , Mine Cave , Dark Ride , Freedomland U.S.A. , , Closed , Parts of interior featured in the train tunnel of Storytown USA/The Great Escape. Since removed. , - , Tornado , Dark Ride , Freedomland U.S.A. , , Closed , Moved to Kennywood Amusement Park after 1962 season. Sold to Storytown USA/The Great Escape, where it operated from 1967 until 2002.


Disney property rides

{, class= "wikitable sortable" , - !Name !Model !Location !Opened !Closed !Details , - , It's a Small World, "it's a small world" , Boat Ride , 1964 New York World's Fair , , , Sponsored by Pepsi-Cola/UNICEF and part of the Pepsi Pavilion. Relocated to Disneyland after fair's closure. , - , It's a Small World, "it's a small world" , Boat Ride , Disneyland , , , Relocated from 1964 New York World's Fair. , - , Adventure Thru Inner Space , Omnimover , Disneyland , , , Replaced with ''Star Tours''. , - , Alice in Wonderland (Disneyland attraction), Alice in Wonderland , Dark Ride , Disneyland , , , Enhanced for 1984 Fantasyland re-opening. , - , Casey Jr. Circus Train , Special System , Disneyland , , , , - , Dumbo the Flying Elephant , Special System , Disneyland , , , Originally opened with 10 elephant ride vehicles, each with flapping ears. The flapping ears caused problems and were later replaced with stationary ones. The ride was slightly relocated within the park in 1983. The whole unit was replaced with a newer, larger version of the same ride in 1990 after an incident occurred on April 1, 1990. , - , Mission to Mars (attraction)#History, Flight to the Moon , Special System , Disneyland , , , Attraction also referred to as ''Rocket to the Moon'' and later as ''Mission to Mars''. The original attraction was demolished after the ride's closure in 1966 and a new, larger show building with two theaters was constructed. The ''Mission to Mars'' variation of the attraction closed on November 2, 1992. , - , Haunted Mansion , Omnimover , Disneyland , , , Attraction includes a continuously-moving chain of vehicles that are capable of rotating in different directions so that riders may face scenes. , - , King Arthur Carrousel , , 4 Course Carrousel , Disneyland , , , Carousel originally built by Dentzel Carousel Company in 1922 and operated at Sunnyside Beach Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Arrow Development refurbished the attraction after it was purchased for Disneyland. , - , Mad Tea Party , Tea Cup , Disneyland , , , Spinning tea cups attraction with 18 vehicles divided between three rotating platforms. , - , Motor Boat Cruise , Boat Ride , Disneyland , , , Re-themed in 1993 as ''Motor Boat Cruise to Gummi Glen'' as part of a Disney Afternoon event. Attraction's loading dock remains in place and is used for waterside dining. , - , Mr. Toad's Wild Ride , Dark Ride , Disneyland , , , Ride has since been re-built as part of large Fantasyland overhaul with new track, cars, and interiors. , - , Pirates of the Caribbean , Special System , Disneyland , , , Indoor boat ride with pirate-themed show scenes. , - , Snow White's Scary Adventures , Dark Ride , Disneyland , , , Indoor dark ride. Ride has since been re-built as part of large Fantasyland overhaul. , - , Dumbo the Flying Elephant , Special System , Walt Disney World , , , , - , Haunted Mansion , Omnimover , Walt Disney World , , , , - , Cinderella's Golden Carrousel , , 5 Course Carrousel , Walt Disney World , , , , - , It's a Small World , Boat Ride , Walt Disney World , , , , - , Mad Tea Party , Tea Cup , Walt Disney World , , , , - , Flight to the Moon , Special System , Walt Disney World , , , , - , Mr. Toad's Wild Ride , Dark Ride , Walt Disney World , , , , - , Snow White's Scary Adventures , Dark Ride , Walt Disney World , , , , - , Peter Pan's Flight , Dark Ride , Walt Disney World , , , , -


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